COVID-19 crisis
JESSE BOILY / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Anytime Fitness, a gym in Osborne Village, displays a sign of their closure due the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Rent relief: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce today rent relief — in partnership with the provinces and territories — to help businesses forced to close because of the pandemic. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Plea from producers: Hog farmers are faced with giving their livestock away or euthanizing them amid deep price cuts, and the Canadian Pork Council is seeking government support. Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
Daily details: Provincial health officials will give their regular update on the COVID-19 situation at 1 p.m. On Thursday, Manitoba’s chief public health officer said the economy could start to reopen in May. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Pitching in amid pandemic: Volunteers, seeking to help during the crisis, are making bag lunches for the needy through 1JustCity. With many people out of work, the organization’s drop-in community centres are serving twice as many meals. John Longhurst reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a high of 16 C and wind from the northeast at 10 km/h increasing to 20 km/h early this afternoon.
Nova Scotia rampage
A man pays his respects at a roadside memorial in Portapique, N.S. on Thursday, April 23, 2020. RCMP say at least 22 people are dead after a man who at one point wore a police uniform and drove a mock-up cruiser, went on a murder rampage in Portapique and several other Nova Scotia communities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Vigil for victims: An event called Nova Scotia Remembers — a tribute to the victims of this weekend’s killings — will air on TV and radio, and stream online, starting at 5 p.m. CT. READ MORE
‘A way of honouring’: A Winnipeg church will transform its online Sunday service into a prayer vigil. Brenda Suderman reports. READ MORE
On this date
On April 24, 1959: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in Ottawa, the government introduced legislation to raise unemployment benefits, as well as boost contributions from insured persons and employers. Officials from the Canadian Tax Foundation told a Commons committee that a capital gains tax was not a good idea in Canada. In Winnipeg, a policy of allowing motorists to turn right at red lights would be discussed at a special meeting of the Winnipeg Traffic Commission. Farmer Abe Neufeld in the Gretna district managed to harvest his sunflowers between snowfalls, having gotten some of the job done the previous November before a huge snowstorm, and the rest in April before the snow in the current forecast hit.
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